Packing-box



(No Model.)

P. D. PIKE.

- PAGKING BOX.

No. 414,077. Patented Oct. 29, 1889.

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PAPHRO D. PIKE, OF BROOKLYN, NEIV YORK.

PACKING-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 414,077, dated October29, 1889.

Application filed April 15, 1889.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PAPHRO D. PIKE, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, have invented a new and use-, ful Improvement inPacking-Boxes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention, set forth in the following specification, is animprovement in packingboxes designed particularly for packing butter fortransportation, but applicable also to other articles of merchandise.The box is composed of blanks, each of which is constructed to be packedclosely in an open or flat condition for transportation before beingmade into the box. The objects sought to be obtained by me are, first,to provide a cheap box secondly, one that can be packed in a close orpacked form for shipment to the user; thirdly, a box convenient to beput together by the user, and, fourth, one that can be convenientlysecured after it has been filled.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure 1shows the completed box. Fig. 2 shows the parts of the box separate.'Figs. 3 and a show the two parts separate and open. Fig. 5 shows thepreferred method of placing the parts together.

In the drawings, A represents the outer part; B, the inner. These partsare preferably made of veneers; but any other material may be used, suchas thick paper or paste board. The material is creased or groovedtransversely on four lines. The piece A, for example, is made of a widthequal to the length of the completed box. From the end 1 a part is laidoff equal to the width of the completed box, and the line 2 is drawnacross at right angles to the sides, the material being grooved orcreased on that line, so that it could be bent up at right angles. From2 to 3 the distance is marked off equal to the height of the box, and asimilar groove or crease is made. From the point 3 to 4 of the nextgroove or crease the distance is laid off equal to the distance from 1to 2, groove 4 being. made parallel to the others, and from 4. to 5another space is laid off equal to the space from 2 to 3 plus thethickness of the material, and between this last groove and the partstogether.

Serial No. 307,290. (No model.)

the end is an outer overlapping flap a. \Vhen folded up in the formshown in Fig. 2, this forms the outer part of the box. The inner partBis formed on the same principle. The strip of which the part is formedis in width equal to the interior height of part A, and it has creasesor grooves 6 7 8 9 directly across its inner face, as explained inconnection with the part A. Of the space thus indicated by thetransverse grooves or creases b and c are equal in length to theinterior Width of the part A, while the spaces e and fare equal to thelength of the sides of the part A. The space G forms the fiapoverlapping the opposite end of B, and may be like the flap on A.

When these parts have been folded, so as to form a rectangularinclosure, as shown in Fig. 2, the part B is fitted to slide within thepart A, and the whole forms a complete inclosed box.

In packing butter or other goods I prefer to place the part Abetweenadjustable clamps h, Fig. 5, then place the folded part B as shown indotted lines, and after filling the latter with the goods the part A isfolded, as in Fig. 1; or the two parts may be folded separately and thepart B slipped within A. A string, tack, or glue may be used to secureIt will also be understood that the relative dimensions given may bechanged at will.

When the boxes are packed for transportation to the user, the parts areopened and are packed one upon the other in a flat form, this occupyingthe least possible space. If the strips are of wood, it may be necessaryto wet them before bending them into a closed form.

When the part B is folded for receiving the material which it is tohold, it is open on two sides, which I call, for convenience, the topand bottom. The part A, similarly folded, is open at two ends. The twoparts are so placed in relation to each other to form the completed boxthat the middle division of the part A forms the bottom of the box, andthe flaps or free ends form the top of the box, while the open ends ofthe outer part are closed by the walls of the inner part, and the flapsor free overlapping ends of both parts are contiguous and may befastened by a single cord passed once around the box.

I am aware that boxes have been heretofore known having an interior-partof the construoti-on shown herein, and I do not broadly claim this part.

I elain1 A collapsible box composed of two parts A and 13, bothtransyersely'grooved or creased and folded on four lines withoverlapping ends,'one part being placed Within the other, with theoverlapping flaps lying on contigu- IO ous exterior faces of the box,whereby when the box is closed the flaps may be held in closedoonditionby a" suitable fastening, substa ntielly asdescribed;

' In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification'inthe presence of two 15 subscribing witnesses.

. PAPHRO D. PIKE. Witnesses:

S. L. ROWLAND,

JOHN A. MEHAN.

